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y @when tetten gebetet @Hire (i). B. OLMSTED, OF BELOIT, WISCONSIN. Letters Patent No. 67,900, dated August 20, 1867.

ADJUSTABLE sfrovnrrrs SHELF.

Be it known that I, O. B. OLMSTED, of the'city of Beloit, county oi'- Rock, in -thc State of .Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful improvements in the construction and arrangement of Shelves to be attached to Stove Pipes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full und exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of' reference marked thereon, and making se part of this specification. i

Similar letters of reference indicate like ports in all the figures.

The nature of my invention consists in providing :t convenient portable nml adjustable shelf, to be attached to stove pipes, on which articles of cookery may be plced to warm, the biscuit and beef-steak may remain and be kept 'wurm for a late dinner, the ten-kettle and coffee-pot warmed thereon ;'it is convenient to placcsmoothingirons on.,and many articles of kitchen husbandry may be suspended on the hooks provided at its outer surface, as well as pendent through theperforations Inade in the disk.

Figure I is a perspective view.

Figure 2 is el horizontal sectional view, and

Figure 3 is a. similar view-taken in the line of C to O, iig. 1e

A is the disk of the shelf, C C are ribs for sustaining thee-disk, attached to4 and forming part of the collar K and disk A. The shelf or diskis made in two parts, und secured to the stoveepipe by suitable bolts and nuts, which bolts poss through the projections D D of the collar K. By loosening the said bolts the shelf may be raised or lowered at the 'pleasure of the housekeeper. In like manner also the shelf may be adjusted to the pipes of various sizes. The projections C C, iig. 1, are convenient on which to hang stove implements.v This article may be metile of cust iron, brass, or sheet metal. I A I Wha-t I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Piitent, is

1. I claim an' improved stove-pipe shelf, A A, constructed of a. perfoi-aited disk in two parts.

2. In combination with the foregoing I claim the collar K, with the projections D D, as a-nfl for the `purposes specied. 4 4 4 3. I claim the ribs C C, when the wholeV is constructed substantially as herein set forth, for the purpose specified. V

O. .B. QLMSTED.

Witnesses:

D. W. G. CASTLE, S. G. Connex', 

